Angola was such a beautiful place before the war. Very nice and well-planned cities. It desserves its own thread. Although most of us werenīt born when all these pictures here where taken, I will try to capture the pre-war era! Letīs all hope and pray that this country gets rebuilt quickly and efficiently! Most of the pictures date back to the late 60īs and 70īs!

Sure infrastructure was better etc however we shouldn't look back on colonial times as if they were better. It is without doubt the darkest era in african history.

Sims, yes you are pefectly right that we shouldnīt look back but Angola before that bloddy war was a place of massive potential! I WANTED TO PORTRAY IT TO THE FORUMERS AND BEYOND because I do think that few people knew that there were nice cities and towns outside Luanda. Some of those beautiful cities have been literally wiped off the surface now! And that really pains to see (I saw pics of Kuito and Huambo and it is heart-breaking). One cannot deny the fact that Angola lost more than 30 years in development, reconstruction efforts have to be enormous! And donīt forget if those cities are rebuilt, what a potential for tourism. Tourists flock to South America to see those old buildings, they could also come to Angola some time in the future. Angola culture, Portuguese remnants, and the projects that are going up and will go up in the future, a great and varying landscape...it all adds diversity to Angola, to my mind! And if well marketed it could be a fantastic money-spinner! it could also be a place for the ad and film industry....ohh, I am just dreaming!

PS: Honestly said, I cannot think of any country outside South Africa that had SO MANY well-planned and beautiful cities in sub-saharan Africa in the 60īs and 70īs.
LETīS ALL HOPE AND PRAY THAT ANGOLA GETS REBUILT QUICKLY! I HATE WARS!!! If all this mess hadnīt taken place, how would have Angola looked today, just imagine?!